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Walt Bellamy

Age 86 · USA · 208 cm (6'10") · 102 kg · Born Jul 24, 1939 · Indiana

19.1 PPG 13.0 RPG 2.3 APG 1,050 games 11 seasons
Walt Bellamy

Career snapshot

11seasons
1,050games
20,015career pts
17.5PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Atlanta Hawks · 256 games · 1969-70–1973-74

Position rank · 1973-74

#8PPG rank
#10PER rank
#9WS rank
Among 31 Center players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 27.9 1962-63 · —
RPG 17.0 1963-64 · WAS
APG 3.8 1969-70 · ATL
PER 19.4 1965-66 · NYK
WS 11.1 1967-68 · NYK

Draft

1961
Round 1 · Pick 1
from Indiana

Honors & awards

4×
All-Star Selection
1964, 1963, 1962, 1961
1×
NBA Rookie of the Year
1961

Career by team

Utah Jazz
1974-75 – 1974-75 · 1 seasons
6.0 PPG 5.0 RPG 0.0 APG
1 games
Atlanta Hawks
1969-70 – 1973-74 · 4 seasons
15.9 PPG 12.0 RPG 2.8 APG
256 games
Detroit Pistons
1968-69 – 1969-70 · 2 seasons
14.3 PPG 10.2 RPG 1.4 APG
109 games
New York Knicks
1965-66 – 1968-69 · 3 seasons
18.9 PPG 13.2 RPG 2.4 APG
189 games
Washington Wizards
1963-64 – 1965-66 · 3 seasons
25.6 PPG 15.7 RPG 2.0 APG
168 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1962-63 NBA 80 0 41.3 27.9 16.4 2.9 0.0 0.0 52.7 0.0 67.4 — —
1963-64 WAS 80 0 42.4 27.0 17.0 1.6 0.0 0.0 51.3 0.0 65.1 — —
1964-65 WAS 80 0 41.3 24.8 14.6 2.4 0.0 0.0 50.9 0.0 68.5 — —
1965-66 NBA 80 0 41.9 22.8 15.7 2.9 0.0 0.0 50.6 0.0 62.4 — —
1965-66 NYK 72 0 42.8 23.2 16.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 51.2 0.0 62.7 19.4 8.9
1965-66 WAS 8 0 33.5 19.0 12.8 2.3 0.0 0.0 45.2 0.0 59.7 — —
1967-68 NYK 82 0 32.9 16.7 11.7 2.0 0.0 0.0 54.1 0.0 66.2 19.1 11.1
1968-69 NYK 35 0 32.5 15.2 11.0 2.2 0.0 0.0 50.7 0.0 61.9 17.9 4.3
1968-69 DET 53 0 38.2 18.8 13.5 1.9 0.0 0.0 51.2 0.0 66.3 18.0 6.1
1968-69 NBA 88 0 35.9 17.4 12.5 2.0 0.0 0.0 51.0 0.0 64.9 — —
1969-70 NBA 79 0 25.7 11.6 8.9 1.8 0.0 0.0 52.3 0.0 57.6 — —
1969-70 ATL 23 0 37.2 15.5 13.5 3.8 0.0 0.0 49.1 0.0 60.5 16.0 1.6
1969-70 DET 56 0 20.9 10.0 7.1 1.0 0.0 0.0 54.7 0.0 56.2 16.7 3.3
1971-72 ATL 82 0 38.9 18.6 12.8 3.2 0.0 0.0 54.5 0.0 58.5 19.0 10.3
1972-73 ATL 74 0 37.9 16.1 13.0 2.4 0.0 0.0 50.5 0.0 53.8 15.9 7.1
1973-74 ATL 77 0 31.7 13.1 9.6 2.5 0.7 0.6 48.6 0.0 60.8 15.2 5.4
1974-75 UTA 1 0 14.0 6.0 5.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 — —

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Type Notes
Jul 1974 Atlanta Hawks Utah Jazz season change
Oct 1969 Atlanta Hawks Detroit Pistons mid season trade From 1969-70 to 1969-70
Jul 1969 New York Knicks Atlanta Hawks season change
Jul 1969 Detroit Pistons Atlanta Hawks season change
Jul 1968 New York Knicks Detroit Pistons season change
Oct 1965 New York Knicks Washington Wizards mid season trade From 1965-66 to 1965-66
Jul 1965 Washington Wizards New York Knicks season change

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About Walt Bellamy

Walter Jones Bellamy was an American professional basketball player. He played 14 seasons as a center in the National Basketball Association, playing for four different teams. As a star for Indiana University in basketball, he was invited to join the 1960 United States men's Olympic basketball team. In the Games that year, the team won every game by an average of over 40 points and is considered among the best amateur level basketball teams of all time. Bellamy was the first overall pick of the 1961 draft, where he was selected by the expansion team Chicago Packers. In his rookie season, he av